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Representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the city government of Tacloban, on December 3 marked the conclusion of the 24-month typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Recovery Program in ceremonies held at the city’s Astrodome.

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The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have ended their recovery program for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte.

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Global money transfer industry player Western Union is encouraging overseas Filipinos’ beneficiaries in the Philippines to allocate portion of their received remittances for investment and savings purposes, and not succumb to the season's usual overspending woes.

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A new report by MasterCard highlights that the economic growth of a market is closely tied with the opportunity offered to half its population – women – and besides access to education, more needs to be done in order to achieve equality and empowerment for this segment.

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The Philippine government’s social debt to education has reached more than P3.7 trillion since 1996, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) announced yesterday.

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Last year, the remittance business of BPI ranked it third or fourth unofficially. The traditional leaders in the remittance business among the country’s commercial banks are the Philippine National Bank (PNB), the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank), and the Equitable PCI Bank.
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Within five decades the world could have a gross domestic product of $140 trillion and a total population of nine billion people, up from six billion today, according to the bank’s World Development Report 2003 released on Wednesday.
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Representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the city government of Tacloban, on December 3 marked the conclusion of the 24-month typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Recovery Program in ceremonies held at the city’s Astrodome.

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The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have ended their recovery program for victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte.

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Global money transfer industry player Western Union is encouraging overseas Filipinos’ beneficiaries in the Philippines to allocate portion of their received remittances for investment and savings purposes, and not succumb to the season's usual overspending woes.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1405019 [AuthorName] => John M. Destacamento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1239572 [Title] => More female in labor force key to offsetting Asia’s declining demographics – study [Summary] =>

A new report by MasterCard highlights that the economic growth of a market is closely tied with the opportunity offered to half its population – women – and besides access to education, more needs to be done in order to achieve equality and empowerment for this segment.

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The Philippine government’s social debt to education has reached more than P3.7 trillion since 1996, the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) announced yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804764 [AuthorName] => Janvic Mateo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 322597 [Title] => Honda reinforces BPI remittance business [Summary] => The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is looking at a 20-percent growth in its remittance business this year. Last year, the bank’s entire remittance business grew by 17 percent to P2.7 billion.

Last year, the remittance business of BPI ranked it third or fourth unofficially. The traditional leaders in the remittance business among the country’s commercial banks are the Philippine National Bank (PNB), the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank), and the Equitable PCI Bank.
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Within five decades the world could have a gross domestic product of $140 trillion and a total population of nine billion people, up from six billion today, according to the bank’s World Development Report 2003 released on Wednesday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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